23 Quotes by Doris Meissner

Today's ceremony has been characterized by some as a 'victory party',

The real objective here is to deter that kind of migration, ... The best way to deter is to be ready for it, so it is very clear that we will not find ourselves overwhelmed.

This was evidenced when I went to Andrews Air Force Base just hours after the operation and saw a safe Elian with his arms wrapped tightly around the neck of his beaming father emerge from the airplane on which he had flown from Miami to Washington,

The smugglers are trying to relocate their operations there, ... They simply can't cross anymore in the San Diego area, so it's time to respond in El Centro and push back the smuggling traffic.

So we have now a situation where we're in a different demographic.

That told us we had to be prepared for anything.

The mistake (in 1986) was being blind to the need for a continuing flow of workers into the economy.

They need more space and they need more privacy.

This little boy, who has been through so much, belongs with his father.